mob lynching

According to the autopsy report of the man who was lynched to death at a Gurudwara in Kapurthala, Punjab, he had 30 deep wounds on his body

Punjab, West Bengal and Kerala epitomise lawlessness as political murders and mob lynchings in these states continue unabated

Punjab police had at first confirmed that a case had also been registered against the accused in Kapurthala lynching case, but later backtracked during the press conference after they received repeated phone calls.

Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, who also holds the state’s home ministry portfolio, said on December 19 that the identity of the deceased person was yet to be revealed as he was not carrying any identification documents.

Several theories have been floating around as possible reasons of increase in lynching cases linked to sacrilege in Punjab

After the man was caught, there was an announcement from the Gurudwara in Kapurthala asking people to gather in large numbers

"They got angry and killed him. This doesn't mean that the (social fabric) of the society has broken," the Pakistani Defence Minister said.

Sialkot police registered FIR against 900 workers of Rajco Industries & arrested 235 for brutal murder of Sri Lankan manager Priyantha Kumara

A day after a Sri Lankan manager named Priyantha Kumara was lynched to death by an Islamist mob in Sialkot in Pakistan

Hours after the brutal lynching of Sri Lankan manager Priyantha Kumara in Sialkot in Pakistan over allegations of blasphemy, the killers confessed